Timeline for Preposition with traveling
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| Dec 21, 2016 at 9:00 | comment | added | WS2 | @proftom Use of prepositions with verbs is very difficult to learn by rule. So much is idiomatic, and you pick up idioms through use and experience. It is difficult for me to be of general help as I am a native speaker and just know these things naturally. But there must be some recommended learning material on prepositions, isn't there? | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 8:01 | comment | added | proftom | "Dee studied eighteen hours each day, spent two hours eating and four hours sleeping". In this sentence,similarly to my original question,there are two words without prepositions.According to your answer," with" can be used in certain circumstances but I do not know when it is preferred.I have also come across words using "in" prepositions such as this:"We spent two hours in eating only ..." | |
| Dec 20, 2016 at 19:21 | history | answered | WS2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |